“I'm overwhelmed with solicitations, email and social media, LinkedIn. Those channels are dead to me as a way of hiring somebody. I no longer respond to unsolicited inquiries, electronic inquiries, unless somebody can prove that they really, really truly know me. Like, I've read your book, I've been following your podcast, and these very specific observations that clearly aren't AI.”

Yeah. So, at about the time, I'm just like sick to death with the crap that's in my inbox. And I'm thinking, well, maybe I'll just make a policy about as a matter of policy, I will no longer reply to unsolicited emails. I'm thinking about that. Then I get a text from our mutual friend and he says, Hey, somebody else that's very close to him that I also have a relationship with. He said, I'm helping this person who's a family member launch this new business, really highly specialized. It's so highly specialized that it's basically podcast booking appearances for a very specific type of professional in very specific situations. And he said, Do you have any clients that match that description? And I thought about it, I said, Well, I can think of two off the top of my head. I'm happy to introduce you. So I sent email introductions to both of those people. And it dawned on me. I'm overwhelmed with solicitations, email and social media, LinkedIn. Those channels are dead to me as a way of hiring somebody. I no longer respond to unsolicited inquiries, electronic inquiries, unless somebody can prove deep knowledge of me. Unless somebody can prove that they really, really…